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Ouachita County
Arkansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Ouachita County

Benjamin Travis Laney (1896-1977) — also known asBen Laney;"BusinessBen" —of Camden,OuachitaCounty, Ark.BornNovember25, 1896.Democrat.Governor ofArkansas, 1945-49; defeated in primary, 1952; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1948.DiedJanuary21, 1977 (age80 years, 57days).Interment somewhere.

Index to Locations CamdenUnknown location CamdenGreenwood Cemetery CamdenOakland Cemetery UnknownLocations Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas George Washington Hays (1863-1927) — also known asGeorge W. Hays — of Arkansas. Born in Camden,OuachitaCounty, Ark.,September23, 1863.Democrat. Probate judge in Arkansas, 1900-05; circuit judge inArkansas, 1906-13;Governor ofArkansas, 1913-17.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,September15, 1927 (age63 years, 357days).Interment somewhere. Politicians buriedhere:     Presumably namedfor:GeorgeWashington   See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography

Osro Cobb (1904-1996) — of Caddo Gap,MontgomeryCounty, Ark.; Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.BornMay 28,1904.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,1928,1932,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1940,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee); candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1936;ArkansasRepublican state chair, 1937-41; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939; served in theU.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1953-62;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1960.DiedJanuary17, 1996 (age91 years, 234days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married,September15, 1938, to Audrey Umsted.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

James Thomas Elliott (1823-1875) — also known asJames T. Elliott — of Arkansas. Born inMonroeCounty, Ga.,April22, 1823.Republican.Lawyer;president, Mississippi, Ouachita and Red RiverRailroad,1858; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1865-66;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1869; defeated, 1868;member ofArkansasstate senate, 1870; district judge in Arkansas 9th District,1872-74.Died in Camden,OuachitaCounty, Ark.,July 28,1875 (age52 years, 97days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Porter Clay (1779-1850) — of Kentucky. Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,1779.Minister;Kentuckyauditor of public accounts, 1810.Died in Camden,OuachitaCounty, Ark.,February16, 1850 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother ofHenryClay (1777-1852); married,April11, 1804, to Sophia Grosch; married to Elizabeth Logan; uncle ofThomasHart Clay,HenryClay Jr. andJamesBrown Clay; granduncle ofHenryClay (1849-1884); first cousin once removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; second cousin ofMatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; second cousin once removed ofGreenClay Smith andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed ofOliverCarroll Clay; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; third cousin ofClementComer Clay; third cousin once removed ofClementClaiborne Clay Jr..
		Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

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